Disasters

April 18, 2014 6:49 AM

Hundreds remain missing as South Korean ferry sinks

The overturned South Korean ship's keel, which had been floating just above the surface of the water, disappeared below the waves at day's end. Officials were trying to determine how best to deploy cranes, which are now at the scene, in an effort to raise the ferry.

by Mark Memmott

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April 17, 2014 6:32 PM

Investigation into student drowning finds rough play, expired lifeguard certification

Abdullahi Charif, a seventh-grader at St. Louis Park Middle School, was removed from life support on March 1, two days after his gym teacher, James Bigot, pulled him from the bottom of the 9-foot-deep end of the pool.

by Laura Yuen

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April 16, 2014 11:16 AM

Man hospitalized after run over by Metro Transit bus

Authorities say the accident occurred before 8 p.m. Tuesday, as a route 17 bus leaving the Uptown Transit Center on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis reported a passenger running for the bus fell under its rear wheels and was run over.

by Tim Nelson

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April 16, 2014 7:55 AM

Hundreds missing after S. Korea ferry capsizes

A ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens of ships and helicopters. At least four people were confirmed dead and 55 injured.

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April 14, 2014 7:03 PM

Franken to push for oil train safety measures

The increased frequency of crude oil shipments on the railroads risk more accidents like the explosion that occurred west of Fargo in December, the senator said.

by Dan Gunderson

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April 12, 2014 4:10 PM

A year after bombing, Boston and its people heal

In the course of a year, limbs have been replaced, psyches soothed, the wounds sustained in a moment at the marathon's finish line have at least begun to heal. At the same time, a city shaken by an unthinkable act of terrorism has returned to its usual rhythms -- sadder, but some say stronger, as well.

by The Associated Press

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April 11, 2014 8:09 AM

10 killed as student bus, truck collide in California

The long bus ride north from Los Angeles for a group of high school students who planned to visit Humboldt State University had been fun: The hours whizzed by as they watched movies, chatted up new friends, and jammed to hip-hop on the radio. Then a FedEx tractor-trailer crossed a grassy freeway median and slammed into the bus.

by The Associated Press

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April 9, 2014 5:50 PM

Search to end for Minn. father and son missing in Rockies

Damian McManus and his 18-year-old son Evan of St. Louis Park were reported missing on Sunday. They were on a father-and-son spring break hiking trip.

by Jon Collins

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April 9, 2014 10:56 AM

Cell phone clues in Colo. search for missing Minnesotans

Damian McManus and his 18-year-old son Evan are believed to have struck out on a hike at the foot of Mount Evans on Wednesday. Cell phone tracking shows they had left their car and were between their campground and the summit of the well-known mountain.

by Tim Nelson